By Mesha Oh Some centuries ago, many people did not know the day, month and year on which they had been born (according to whichever...

By Mesha Oh “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” (Albert Schweitzer...

By Fr. Sebastian Athappilly Why did God create the Universe and Man at all? This question is a very good one, especially for those who...

By Francoise Bosteels I believe that the whole unfolding universe is embraced by the Divine Mystery. Our Creator’s energy, dynamism, love...

By Binkles Bee Many years ago, I was working in an advertising firm. Those days, the trend in the industry was to keep shifting jobs in...

By Mesha Oh One’s connection with the Creator is at the core of various religious and spiritual traditions. One of the chief functions of...

By Vipin Kumar Tripathi The central purpose of various religions is to enable human beings overcome their pride or ego — be it in the...

By Jamal Rahman There’s a wonderful teaching story about the passage of time conveyed through the iconic mythological figure widely known...

By Sheima Sumer Many religions believe in an afterlife. They teach that having a good afterlife depends on actions done in this life....

By Mesha Oh It might sound strange but it is true—the only thing about my future that I can be really, utterly sure of is that, one day...

By Tinkles I never met Binki, my friend Yusha’s cat, but I had heard from her about his very cute ways. Now and then, Yusha would send me...

By Patricia She was almost the only vegetarian in the family that she was born into. That’s how she had been from as early on in her life...

By Sr. Susan Our life can be thought of as a rosary, with each major event and phase of our life a bead in that rosary. The thread that...

By Angoo Ba Did you know that a normal resting heart rate for adult humans ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute? That makes it at least...

By T.S. Ananthu We come into this world and exit from it in much the same way as we do into our classrooms – neither is a permanent...

By Binkles When I die, I want to go to Toy Heaven! I don’t suppose you know where Toy Heaven is. Well, actually, to tell you the truth,...

By Vipin Kumar Tripathi One thing we may know with certainty about the future is that we will die, one day or the other, leaving this...

By Kitty Chappell To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. ~Lewis B. Smedes “I don’t care what you...

By Rabbi Allen S. Maller Individuals, organisations and movements who are fully committed to contributing to a world at peace and who are...

By Niggy I met Simmy (name changed) quite a while ago, and soon we became friends, speaking on the phone sometimes and meeting...